Post-card insurance-policy.



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PQST GARD INSURANCE POLICY. APPLICATION FILED JAN.24. 1910. 1;)@0623 Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

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' GEORGE s.- riiNrinLn, or HARTFORD, coNNEcTicUr, -AssieNoii To THE '.inavnnnns INSURANCE COMPANY, or HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION or ,00N-

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 'AnfangV 15, 1911. Application filed January 24, 1910. VSerial No. 539,893` u i specification.

To facilitate the sale-of accidcnt,-l ife, lia-. l bility and similaiinsurance, particularly short-'term insurance, to travelers, tourists, and others, it is desirable to have policy blanks in such form that the contracts,in

vcludin'g the terms and considerations, can

be very4 quickly completed by'agents 'cfa company, and delivered topurchasers Ain suitable condition to beimmediately' mailed tothe addresses of the insured, or beneficiaries or other interested parties.

The object ofthis invention is to provide a policy blank in the form of 'a folder, so arranged that an agent can very quickly inidicate .the special conditions of sale by simultaneously punching out or otherwise canceling the necessary figures onthe contract card and corresponding figures on a stub, and then tear ofi" the stub, in shape to be returned tothe office of the company for record, and deliver the contract to the insured on a card that is in condition for mailiigure 1 of the accompanying drawings shows a front view of a folder post card y olicy' blank which embodies this invention.

ig. 2 is an edge-view, showingthe manner in which this card is folded. Fig. 3 shows the blank partly opened, the contract card and the stub being folded together as when the agent punches the term and considera- 40 tion. Fig. 4 is a view of the blank entirely unfolded, showing the .same term punchedl on both the contract card and on the stub.

Fig. 5 shows the stub removed.. Figa-G shows the conti'act'card folded and ready for mailing after the stub has been torn or cutoff.

The folder illustrated in the drawings, has

a leaf 1, approximately the size of an'ordinary postcard, upon .which isvprinted the 5 0 conditions of the contract. Along' one edge of this leaf, preferably the 1oWer,-are spaces 2, containing numerals representing vcertain term days, and figures indicating the cost of the-insurance for.the days noted in the same spaces. This leaf also has a space 3 for the hour and' date when tlien'surance is issued, and spaces 4 for'certain check nurnbers. Attached to one end` of T this'contract ent of the stub and the'coiitractleafb p're-y 6` erably scored so that the stub mayfbeieadily detached from" the contract. tl'iiSvuStu) leaf, along the'lower edge, are spaces 6`con-j taining numerals indicating' the daysof-'the term for which the insurance 'maybe' issued, -61 `und4 inthe same spaces figures shovcfinllg; the

Icost 'for the 'various terms.; -The numerals representing the 'teriir days on' the contract leaf begin, at 'the end adjacent .to the stub leaf, with 1 'and run up,"aiid. thenumerals -7Q on thc stub leaf begin, tthefend'adjacent to the contract leaf, withl! and run the other Way. With this arrangement, .when the stub is folded over 'against the .back of 'thefcoIi-'- tract, 'as-shown inFig. 3, the numeralson 75 the stub .and contract 4will coincide sothat when the term orduration of the policy'is punched on the contract, the same termfor duration Willalsobe punchedon'the stub, asindicated in Fig. 4. T lie stub lea-f is also preferably provided with lines for the naine and residence of the insured, and with a space-7 for the hour and date when the in- 'surance-is issued, and with s 'aces 8 for check numbers corresponding with those on V- the contract leaff,

Attached tothe end -ofthe contract leaf,

opposite from thestub, is a leaf 9. This leaf, which is of approximately the same ,i sizel asfthe contract leaf, lon one face lhas ai 'Jspace 1 0 for a postage stamp, and lines for the name and address of vany person. This` 'leaf also has a space upon which any message may be. written, 'as is common with;

post cards. Attached to the free end ofthe-'95 address leaf is a tongue 11, which, when-the card is folded, is designed to be tucked into the slot 12 made in vthe contract leaf. If

all of the contract cannot be. printed on the two. face-sof the contract leaf, it may continued on the back 0f the addressleaf.v These cards may be sent Ain blank by the company to'the `agent, either fiat as shown in Fig. 4, or folded as shown in Fig.. 2 of the drawings.- The avent', on receiving a 105 request forinsurance, llsjin the spaces p rovided on the contract 4and stub with the hour and date that the insurance is issued,-

by means of'a stamp, or Vpen if he has .no

stamp, and fills in on the; stub the name 11 and residence of the insured. Then, when the stub is folded back against -the 'contract sheet, as shown in Fig. 3, with a punch, knife or pen, cuts or otherwise marks the spaces containing the proper terni or 'lnration numerals and the cost figures.. This, al stated, simultaneously cancels the saine terni on the contract leaf andjthe stuh leaf. When this is done, the stub is torn from the contract and returned to the company, and the con tract card, folded and fastened as shown in Fig. 6, is delivered to the purchaser of the insurance, who applies a stamp and his own address, or the address'of any beneficiary or other person. The contract can then he .deposited in the inail to he forwarded. to the desired person, Who will have it in his possession in case any accident, resulting in .death or injury, happens to the insured.

InsuranceA cards arranged in this manner, can be very quickly filled out. by an agent and delivered tothe insured, who can, wit-houtany trouble, inail it at once to any desired address, while the agent has a con- Venientstub, which is returned to the company for future reference. In case of any controversy, cards punched as above described, ean be iinmediatelyprored by placing the stub and the contract hack to back, forl the term perfor-ations in the stub and in the contract will of necessity coincide, if thetwo are put together as they were when punched, and furthermore, the edges ofl the contract and the stub which are torn apart, must register.

ance for various terms, a stub sheet attachedto one end of .said contract: sheet, the line of junction between the contract sheet. and the stub sheet being scored so that' these sheets may be readilyv folded and easily separated, the said .st-uh sheet heilig provided with spaces'for the name and address of'- the. insured and reversely arranged numerals indicating the duration and cost of the insurance for various terlns, said numerals heing so arranged that when these sheets are folded back to hack and punched, 'similar terin and cost numerals will he simultaneously canceled from each sheet, an address sheet attached to the end of theeontract sheetopposite to the stub sheet and provided with spaces for a naine., address and a postage starnp, and a tongue sheet attached to t-he free end of said address" sheet, the line of junction between said address sheet and tongue sheet being scored so these vmay be readily folded and the tongue tucked into Ithe slot in the contract sheet.

GEORGE S. IICNFIELD.

Witnesses: I i

R. C. DicimNsoN, WALTER W. Plm'rn 

